Cloud Bigtable is Google's fully managed NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.

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Training and tutorials

Try Bigtable tutorials, training courses, and Qwiklabs from Google Cloud.

Codelab

Introduction to Bigtable (Java)

Work through a codelab that teaches you how to avoid common schema design mistakes, import data, read your data, and then use it to generate a heatmap that shows New York City bus data.

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Tutorial

Using Bigtable with Cloud Functions

Learn how to how to send a Bigtable read request using a Cloud Functions HTTP(S) request.

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Tutorial

Running JanusGraph with Bigtable

Store and query graph data with Bigtable and JanusGraph.

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Use cases

Explore use cases, reference architectures, whitepapers, best practices, and industry solutions.

Use case

Bigtable for Cassandra users

Learn the differences between Bigtable and Apache Cassandra.

Migration Cassandra Apache

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Use case

Migrate data from HBase

Migrate data from an Apache HBase cluster to a Bigtable cluster.

Migration Apache HBase

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Use case

Use Bigtable in a Cloud Dataflow pipeline

The Cloud Dataflow connector for Bigtable is useful for both batch and streaming operations.

Dataflow streaming batch

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Code samples

Dive into coding with examples that demonstrate how to use and connect Google Cloud services.

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Java hello world

Create a hello world application using the client library for Java.

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Go hello world

Try a hello world example written in Go.

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C# hello world

Get started with .NET on Bigtable.

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Videos